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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1934
Page
4
The article urges careful preplanning for the garden this year using pencil and paper, checking last year’s failures, and planning crop rotation. It suggests saving ashes as fertilizer, starting a compost heap, ordering seeds early, oiling damp tools, and inspecting bulbs, tubers, and parsnips for ahead avoidance of rot and disease. It also advises using oak ash, boxes for indoor planting, and dusting sulphur to prevent decay.
An old winter vegetable list returns to popularity with potatoes cabbage onions and turnips. New cabbage and broccoli are plentiful and reasonably priced while green beans and peas run higher. Tomatoes strawberries grapefruit oranges and apples are abundant and of good quality. The Quaker Maid suggests menus that are sensible and appetizing.
Reported in the Vindicator and Republican January 21 1914 Miss Della Weir married Frank Miller January 14 at the M E parsonage in Dolliver. Also noted are Mrs Jessie King Ridley ill with pneumonia and other local social updates.
Thirty years ago the Vindicator and Republican notes Miss Anna Donovan, former Palo Alto county superintendent, purchasing Readon & White to take control of the Palo Alto Tribune for five thousand dollars. Also listed are hospital and community items,Creemery positions, local officers, visits, and social gatherings across Emmetsburg and nearby towns.
O B C ladies were entertained at Mrs George McCutcheon’s home with Mrs J S Hackett assisting. Attendees included Mesdames Hemphill Baan Misener Wilson Liddle Logan Collins Love land. Afternoon social and refreshments followed. Legion Auxiliary couples dinner at Claude Randolph home featured bridge. Installation plans for Degree of Honor set for Spirit Lake Feb 8 and Spencer after staff election. Mrs Clifford Olson honored at 27th birthday dinner with cards and music. Ed Sorum and Dale Palmer hosted a bridge luncheon for twenty one ladies with Valentine decor.
Mrs Fred Ehlers hosted a Friday afternoon 1 oclock lunch and bridge at her home for American Legion Auxiliary members. High card prize went to Mrs Elmer Jackson, low to Mrs Frank Young Os good, traveling prize drawn by Mrs Leon Pratt. Guests included Mesdames Reed Moore Rogers Thorn dyke Smith Mathieson Howard Tott Deming Williamson Randolph, and Misses Bright Manthey Slevers Nichols. The group listened to WOI radio and wrote letters about the program, counting words toward bridge scores. Prizes went to Claude Randolph, Wald0 Brink, and Ernest Smith. Tredway, eighth district radio chair, attended.
Four men Ed Sorum Harold Woodling Leon Pratt and Clarence Mathieson hosted a dinner for their wives who attended with them and concluded with bridge. The Philathea S S Class of the M E church held a party in the church parlors with Mary Mauss Ruth Mauss Edna Holcomb Margaret Smith supervising. Mrs Jay Johnston hosted a party in honor of Mrs R L Caldwell and Mrs Dan Emerson of Spencer featuring bridge and a two course lunch. The Philathea Class of the Methodist church met for a party with games and a lunch served by Mary Mauss Ruth Mauss Edna Holcomb and Ley. Attendees included Leota Hardy Lulu Holcomb Eileen Olson Alma Bsohm Geraldine Buckley Jessie Allen and Al
Gruver January 24 Beth Eden Rebekah lodge installed officers Monday evening with district deputy Estherville installing. Assisting were Mrs. Charles Rosenberger Miss McClure and Geraldine Buckley who also reported as delegate. Lunch followed. Officers installed include Noble Grand Margaret Moulds Vice Grand Margaret Carey Secretary Treasurer Tina Hatch Warden Olive Rosenberger Conductor Mable Pickell Chaplain Viola Wickens Inside Guardian J K Carey Outside Guardian Ray Brannon Next social meeting set for February 26 at A B Rosenberger home.
The thaw reduces river ice yields while Brown Ice Co waits for colder weather. The Des Moines West Branch shows half the ice gone with clear waters near Lincoln Street. In Iowa Great Lakes, Okoboji harvest at Arnold's Park continues with 15 inch ice, storing about 350 tons there and 250 tons at Barnhart Street in town.
Miss Mayme V Sullivan formerly of Graettinger sister of Times editor John Sullivan wed in Chicago to John P O'Brien a Chicago businessman Her sister's brother in law She was a stenographer in McCarty and McCarthy law office and for seven years with Burroughs Adding Machine Chicago Mr O'Brien and his brother James J run the O and O clothing store in Chicago.
Poised as practical winter guidance for poultry keepers the article covers water management to prevent freezing, feeding green foods, ventilation, and temperature control. It notes eggs should not freeze, advises midday and night egg collection, and discusses heating costs versus maintaining constant warmth.
Ma Rees Ference Elizabeth West Katherine Blazer Betty Blazer Esther Gorton Marion Ruth Mah jum Mesdames Vermaine Sidles Elmer Jackson form part of a guest roster reflected in society notes.
W F Dodde of Milwaukee notes barley types for farmers. Trebi barley yields less value as malting stock due to high giveten and albumin. Velvet barley skins easily and hinders malting. Oderbroucker Manchurian and Wisconsin No 38 fetch top prices when mellow and plump. Emphasizes choosing malting malt types and avoiding mixtures and damaged kernels for quality.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Frederickson relocated from the Olsen property on East Lincoln to the I C Nichols cottage on South Fourth Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Bovaird and Mrs. Lena Erickson spent Sunday at Dolliver with Mr. and Mrs. Silas Knutson. Frederick Nissen returned from Des Moines to attend Drake University, taking a short vacation after exams. Evalyn Norby arrived from Drake University to visit her mother Florence Norby, having completed exams. Bessie Levi takes an enforced vacation from the Northwestern Bell office for health reasons, planning a month of visits with relatives in Des Moines, Minneapolis and Wausau.
The article highlights unusual garden plants including Daturas with fragrant white and creamy yellow trumpets, Angel's Trumpet, Golden Queen Datura, the butterfly pea Centrosema, Russian statice Statice Suwerowl, Japanese maize Zen Japonica, and Nicotiana sylvestris Star Flower. It notes growth habits, soil preferences, and ornamental uses for specimens, borders, and winter bouquets.
Mrs. Roy Brown reports from California that her brother Jas Ghoslin is improving after injuries from the Glendale flood but remains confined to bed for three to four weeks. Bruises cuts and severe burns are slow to heal and he endures a severe nervous shock.
Mr and Mrs Julius Otto relocated Tuesday to Upham North Dakota. Otto, long a farmer near Estherville, will start a sheep ranching business at the new farm. A child in Indiana was born with mumps. Inflation jokes surface with the note.
Help sought for straw supply with preference for bales. loose straw also acceptable. Contact Geo Nichols, Estherville, Iowa regarding availability and terms.
Maximum profits from the home garden come when the owner does all work. A 30 by 40 foot space can yield vegetables for an average family with two hours on three days weekly. Grow beans, beets, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, peas, radishes, tomatoes, and more. Add fall crops like Brussels sprouts, celery, broccoli, endive, kale, spinach, squash, and turnips. Consider new varieties from seed catalogs for variety and pleasure. A better watering system helps during droughts.
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